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The Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on September 9, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 September 2006358,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 9, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
358,976 km223,058 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Saturday, September 9, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2006 to the new moon of September 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.69 days.